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Published: 2010-12-13 01:02:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 26203; Favourites: 1076; Downloads: 331
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FIRST out of a FFVII AC series. I must be masochistic...You can give me suggestions on who you want to see next.
I plan to do most of the boys. xD
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Stayed up all night again..
Took FOREVER. Like 7 hrs for the bg, a couple more hrs trying to get the pose right, infinite hours for everything else. OTL Redid the bg from scratch 3 times. I also redid the arm/hand pose 3 times... As you can see, the end result isn't any better, lolol.
Ah yes, there are lighting issues. There are always lighting issues! OTL Sigh. I fail at drawing swords... -.-
I like critique
but I can't promise I'll change anything. I'll try to do better for the next pic! 
DETAILS: [link]
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Time: 20 hrs?
Medium: Photoshop CS2
Refs: Clothes: [link] Face & Sword: [link]
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Cloud Strife (c) Square Enix.
This picture (c) =reaper-bunny
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Wonderful job here. It's has an interesting composition and and the digital coloring is great. However, there are a few things I'd like to point out. Not to ask you to redo this picture--since you mentioned putting quite a lot of time into it--but things to keep in mind in the next if you do decide to do more pictures like this.
Pose
While this is a very dynamic pose, at first glance his left arm didn't quite look right to me. I grabbed a baseball bat and tried to imitate this pose in the mirror a few times, but found I couldn't do so exactly like in this picture.
While I understand his body is turned away as he looks at us straight on, his arms don't quite reflect that.
Here is the closest I could find to this pose, and you'll see how, while you can still see the topmost arm, it also doesn't stick that close to the body. To make that possible his upper torso would be much more tilted.
You have a bit of noodle-arm going on in his left, as shown here when I took it into photoshop and stripped away the knick-knacks so I could get a better look at it. Throw some bones in there and it'll look a lot better. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
Background
This.... took me a while to understand. While I recognize the fight they had in a tower in the movie, this left me rather disoriented until I realized how you'd tilted the composition. The tilt of the whole thing gives me the impression that he's falling but he looks like he should be firmly standing on one of those supports in the background. But those supports.... well, they're off doing their own thing. All of them seem to have a different horizon line/vanishing point than the other and it makes for a very confusing read. Try thinking about how the lines can lead the eye to certain points in a picture. I think you could have probably shifted the "T" shaped supports over/down a little and straightened that father back one to frame Cloud's face, leading the viewer to think the emotion on his face is important.
Again, until I craned my neck, it was hard to read the buildings in the far background. My mind said look at the skyline, but with all the titled supports on top of the strange angle, it took a bit of studying.
Color
Here I'll say I love the color choice. The nice sunset tones play well with the deep blue of his clothes and turns them an interesting shade of purple. I also love how you kept in mind to draw back on how dark everything was the farther back it was. It definitely gives the viewer a sense of foreground and background.
Lighting
Again, great job but I feel you could have touched up a few things. Mind you, by this point you were probably nearing the end and eager to finish. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
To start from the back this time, the clouds behind Cloud suggest his main slight source comes from behind. While I can't say for certain, it looks odd to me to see this huge lit spot on his skirt/buckled waist thing lit from the left of the viewer, whereas there's very little behind him. Perhaps there's an alternate light source that I'm not seeing, but you have fog shading in from that the left direction in the background, so I'm led to believe it's not as bright over there.
As for the lights covering his sword, I think you did a great job of adding just enough light along his body wit the exception of his face. Being that close to this other light source, he should have more of a hint of a glow--even his hair and the part under his arm have more of a glow. But overall, it looks fantastic.
The shadows are also an important part and I think you did a great job. WHile there could be a few touch ups here and there, I think you have a great sense of their use to really make something pop off the screen, so good job.
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Thanks for all the effort you put into writing this critique! It's very detailed and helpful, thanks again!
I am super bad at combining bkgs with the character xD I scrapped and redid the background 3 times-- same with his arms/hands, haha. Guess I'll need to work harder. xP
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No problem, it was a fun piece to critique.
Eh, that's why we work at it so we can get better, right?
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Wow! That's a detailed feedback below!Β
I think, you have done a great job (I understand, that you have started from the scratch, right?).
Since I was painting before I started cosplaying, I know, that it's hard to find the shapes, if there is nothing to take it from. But there is more than lines and perspective: it's soul.
And I think, there is a lot of soul this piece of art!
Just go on with what you're doing! Β π
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Wow, haha thanks for the nice comment! This image is very old, from 2010, but I appreciate it nonetheless :"D Your cosplay images are really cool too *_*!
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You're welcome! Thank you very much for the compliment! βΊοΈ
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This is great! I love his expression..and you should do Vincent next!
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Just stumbled across your page and WOW! I absolutely adore your art ^_^
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This picture is awesome! You are amazing!<3 I love Cloud!
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I love how the blue light from his sword is reflected on the front of his hair and his clothes. His mako-blue eyes are perfect
Cloud is my #1 favorite Final Fantasy character (I guess it's apparent 
I woudn't know what to say about the lighting since I am not all that good with judging ligthing on drawings either. I think you did an amazing job with Cloud here; he is in the middle of an action, and he appears confident and focused. I really like this. It is one of the best Cloud fan-arts I've seen 
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the hair is so goood! I love the lightning on his sword :3
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I'm glad you like the hair and the lighting *u* <3
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His hair looks so soft but still hold true to the classic spiky "Cloud" look. Great job!
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Woooow!! Sooo cool~~~!! You've done a good job!!!
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Beautiful with great textures. I like the lighting and the details. The only problem I see with the sword is that it seems a little short compared to usual. That's it. Even that isn't that big of a thing. He seems very intense and focused. Great job and thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for your detailed comment!
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If this isn't amazing then I don't know what is.
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I'm at a loss for the right words to describe simply how this KICK'S ASS!!!! They way you captured the character is among the best AC fan art I've seen so far. CONGRATULATIONS!
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Oh wow, thank you so much! <33
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absolutely GORGEOUS
wonderful job! cloud looks fantastic!
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Oh, thank you! Haha I'm glad you like it!
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wow.... im *cry* speechless this is so good.... its just so good!
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This is beautiful and beyond 
And... I would suggest Zack, because he's just a sweetie, and Noctis from FF13vs because he's hot and has cool hair
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Thank you very much! <3
Ahh I love Zack too *u* And oh Noctis, yes very hot XD
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You did really well on the sword - that Fusion sword is like six different pieces, and I don't know how quickly Cloud has to work to put it together during battle, but it must be damn quick. The blue lightning stuff of the Omnislash looks brilliant (haha, in this comment I sound like a huge nerd of FF VII - I'm not, I've not played it yet xD)
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